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Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature by Neal Pollack (2000, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcsweeney's Publishing
ISBN-100970335504
ISBN-139780970335500
eBay Product ID (ePID)1807483
Product Key Features
Book TitleNeal Pollack Anthology of American Literature
Number of Pages153 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / General, Literary
Publication Year2000
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorNeal Pollack
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal814/.6
SynopsisThis collection of satirical essays by the wildly clever Neal Pollack was among the first books published by McSweeney's. The author fabricates for himself a super-inflated ego, and goes on to apply that persona's preposterously offensive and short-sighted opinions to issues ranging from race relations to wild teenagers, but more than anything else, to his own (albeit fictional) stunning accomplishments., After World War II, American literature faced extinction. With the sorrowful decline of John O'Hara, the typewriter shortage of 1946, and the advent of television, it was apparent that American writing, so dominant in the first half of the century, was about to fade into a cruel oblivion. But then Neal Pollack manifested himself in our national conciousness as the pre-eminent American writer, a position he has not relinquished except for a brief period in 1972, when the title belonged to Erica Jong. Incredibly, this is the first comprehensive collection of his work ever published, largely because the government is afraid of his ideas. Contained within are excerpts from his most popular novels, such as Leon: A Man of the Streets, and his most significant nonfiction works, including his landmark essay on U.S. foreign policy, "The Decision to Invade New Zealand and How It Wasn't Made." This book is pointed and funny, moving and eloquent, but more importantly, it is a comprhensive chronicle of the world in which we live, have lived, and are yet to live. It is a must-read for every American with access to a computer, and also those who go to public libraries. Book jacket.
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